Back in the 1920/1930's the alcohol prohibition, also known as the war on alcohol was a thing, we had police cracking down on any businesses and people who sold or produced or possessed alcohol, and no one really ever fought back.
Nowadays, we still have a prohibition, but the alcohol is cocaine, and yet, police are UNABLE to crack down on cartels like they were on people during the prohibition era.
What changed, are Mexicans just that good at waging war against police, are they better at fighting, is the cocaine more valuable, what changed, why did the police NOT struggle back then, but ARE struggling now?
Prohibition era vs cartels